Photographic-print box.



No- 877,078. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. M. H. HAVBNHILL & B. A. JBNKINSON.

PHOTOGRAPHIO IRINT BOX.

APPLIOATIOI FILED IBIT. I. 1000.

JI/l/l/l/I/l/ ,VII/III/IIIII/II/I/l/II/II/III/IIII/II/I/I/I/Il/I/I/I/INVENTORS ATTORNEYS W/TNES ES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIAL HENRY HAVENIIILL AND EDWIN APPLE'IOX .IICNKINSON, OI" .I.\(I\'.\'\'II,I.I I, ILLINOIS.

PHOTOGRAPHIC-PRINT BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed September 7.1906. Serial No. 333.684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIAL llnxnr liavasmu. and Enwlx .hras'roxJnxxixsoN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Jacksonville,in the county of .\lorgan and State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Photographic-Print Box, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to photography, and its object is to provide a newand improved print box, more especially designed for separately storingexposed and non-ex )osed p 1otographic sheets, the arrangement eing suchthat the exposed sheets or prints are returned to a compartment separatefrom the one containing the non-exposed sheets, to avoid confusion ofthe exposed and noncx osed sheets.

he invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the imrovement in an open osition;Fig. .2 is a ongitudinal sectional side elevation of the same, and Fig.3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Within a box body A is secured one end B of a partition B, preferablymade of nonactinic flexible material, secured at its forward or free endto a frame connected by pivots D with the box body A at the end on whichthe end B is fastened, as will be readily understood by reference to Fi'2. The pivots I.) are common to a cover adapted to close the box body Aand ada )ted to be seated on the frame C, as indicated in Fig. 2, thesaid cover E being provided with a suitable knob E, to permit ofswinging the cover E open to gain access to a top compartment of which tpartition B forms the bottom.

The frame C has at its free end a cross piece 0 adapted to engage thebox body to limit the downwardly swinging movement of said frame. Onswinging the frame (J open the cover E as well as the partition B arecarried along to gain access to a lower compartment formed in the boxbody A. The non-exposed photographic sheets are placed in the uppercompartment on opening the cover E, so that the said sheet-s rest on thetop of the partition B, and when it is desired to make a photographicprint the operator swings the cover I open. removes one of the sheets,lays the same in the printing frame, and, after the desired exposure hasbeen made, the exposed sheet is removed from the printing frame. andthen the operator swings the frame open and deposits the exposed sheetin the box body A, it being understood that when the frame is swung openthe non-exposed sheets contained in the up )er compartment are lifted,and the box bor y A is opened to )ermit the introduction of the exposedsheet in the bottom of the box body A. When this has been done the frameC is swung back to its normal position and the upper compartment can eagain opened by swinging the cover E open, whenever it is desired to useanother non-exposed sheet for exposing the same in the printing frame.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two compartments formed canbe. opened independent one of the other, and the operator is enabled tokeep the non-exposed sheets completely separate, to avoid doubleexposures and spoliation of the sheets.

It is understood that when the frame (l is swung into an 0 )en position,the sides of the frame prevent tire non-exposed sheets from slipping outof their com )artment.

The frame (,I is slight y projected at its front end to form aconvenient hand hold for the operator to swing the frame into an openposition when placing an exposed sheet into the lower compartment.

Ilaving thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

I. A photographic print box, comprising a box body, a frame pivoted atone end to an end of the box body and having at its free end a crosspiece to engage the box body, a flexible partition secured at one end tothe said box body and at thev other end to the frame, and a coverpivoted to the frame and closing the box.

.2. A photographic print box, comprising a box body, a flexiblepartition secured atone end inthc said box body, a frame pivoted on thebox body, the other end of the said partition being secured to the freeend of the said frame, and a pivoted cover adapted to be seated on thesaid frame.

3. A photographic print box, comprising a box body, a flexible partitionsecured at one end on the said box body, a frame pivoted on the boxbody, the other end of the said partition being secured to the free endof the said frame, and a pivoted cover adapted to be seated on the saidframe, the pivots for the frame and cover being common to both.

4. A photographic rintbox, comprising a box body, a frame hinged to thebox body and adapted to fit upon the same, a cover for the frame, and aflexible partition secured at one end to the box body and at the otherend to the free end of the frame.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIAL HENRY ILWI'JNIHMI. EDWIN Ml'hE'lUN JENKINSON.

Witnesses:

RALPH DUNLAI, E. M. DUNLAP. I

